Talk:William H. Wiley

RPI Bio
Biographical Record of the Officers and Graduates of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1886. Benjamin Franklin Greene, D.H. Jones & Co.: Troy, NY (1855). Institute Archives and Special Collections, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

pg. 371 WILLIAM HALSTED WILEY,C. E., (Orange, N. J.), was born in New York city July 10th, 1842. Prepared in ward schools of New York city, Thirteenth and Twentieth streets, and College of City of New York. In United States volunteer service during war; brevet major United States volunteers. Entered the Institute in 1864. Engaged in the work of his profession in 1866, at Brooklyn water works, six months; 1868, Croton water works, eighteen months; 1870, Newark, (N. J.), water works, six months; Philadelphia & Reading railroad, 1870, six months; New Hope & Philadelphia railroad, 1871, six months; Tunnel Hill coal company, New Lexington, Ohio, 1873-74. Now member of firm of John Wiley & Sons, scientific publishers. Member of American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Mining Engineers, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Married, June 1st, 1870, Joanna K. Clarke, daughter of Elisha Clarke. One child. P. O. address, 15 Astor Place, New York city.

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